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Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf report: Set PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC bit for Arm SPE
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To:     Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org>
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
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        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
        Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com>,
        James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>,
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From:   German Gomez <german.gomez@arm.com>
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Date:   Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:14:00 +0100
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On 13/04/2022 09:49, Leo Yan wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 09:15:40AM +0100, German Gomez wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>>>  	if (sort__mode == SORT_MODE__MEMORY) {
>>> +		/*
>>> +		 * FIXUP: prior to kernel 5.18, Arm SPE missed to set
>>> +		 * PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC bit in sample type.  For backward
>>> +		 * compatibility, set the bit if it's an old perf data file.
>>> +		 */
>>> +		evlist__for_each_entry(session->evlist, evsel) {
>>> +			if (strstr(evsel->name, "arm_spe_") &&
>> This didn't work for me when the file recorded "-e arm_spe//" instead of
>> "-e arm_spe_0//". Could you remove the trailing _? With that:
> Sure, will change to "arm_spe".  Just curious, if there any local
> change at your side so we have the different event name?

No local changes. I've always used "arm_spe//" and it always defaults to
"arm_spe_0//". But it's still stored as the former in the data file. I
haven't checked where this default happens though. Isn't it the same for
you?

Thanks,
German
>
>> Tested-by: German Gomez <german.gomez@arm.com>
> Thanks a lot, German!
>
> Leo